sur‧vive S2 W2 AC / səvaɪv $ sər- / 动词

1 [不及物和及物动词] to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness :

Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived.

She survived the attack.

people who survive cancer

2 [不及物和及物动词] to continue to live normally in spite of many problems :

I’m sure she will survive this crisis.

I’ve had a tough few months, but I’ll survive.

3 [不及物动词] to manage to live a normal life even though you have very little money

survive on

I don’t know how you all manage to survive on Jeremy’s salary.

the amount that a family needs each week just to survive

4 [不及物动词] to continue to exist after a long time :

A few pages of the original manuscript still survive.

survive from

Several buildings in the town have survived from medieval times.

survive into

an old custom which has survived into the twenty-first century

survive as

The main building was demolished, but the library still survives as a museum.

5 [不及物和及物动词] to continue to be successful :

The car industry cannot survive without government help.

A lot of smaller firms did not survive the recession.

6 [及物动词] to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you :

He is survived by his wife Sue.